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Smash Bros Brawl Dojo Official Update Thread: Goodbye, Cherry-don
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crowphoenix
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Firestorm said:
*Twitch* I don't think my brains alright.
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They should have just dropped Ash from the anime after the first episode and just focused on Team Rocket.
While they may have been the only people in the world more incompetent than Ash at battling Pokemon, at least they were funny and didn't go around moralizing every freaking episode.
That's why it's such a good picture. I learned a lot about her character, despite not knowing who in the world she was, just by her face and stance.
Indeed. Cloudbushes and the FedEx arrow blew my mind.
I kind of stopped following it after the Bioshock Goatse, though.
Edit: I've noticed lately that a lot of the Google ads are for statistics and statistic-related services. Jiggy has the power to change the Google ads confirmed?
While they may have been the only people in the world more incompetent than Ash at battling Pokemon, at least they were funny and didn't go around moralizing every freaking episode.
Jiggy37 said:
That's why it's such a good picture. I learned a lot about her character, despite not knowing who in the world she was, just by her face and stance.
Jiggy37 said:
Indeed. Cloudbushes and the FedEx arrow blew my mind.
I kind of stopped following it after the Bioshock Goatse, though.
Edit: I've noticed lately that a lot of the Google ads are for statistics and statistic-related services. Jiggy has the power to change the Google ads confirmed?
It was actually that very picture that convinced me to watch the show. Found about it via GAF, even... First anime I had watched in like three years. >_>Iam Canadian said:
What would really blow your mind is if you checked that insects thread that Crushed linked to earlier. That was in my section of posts to read over. D: And even though I didn't click it again, it brought back terrifying memories. D: Oh, the dog-sized bugs and the mutated human bodies. D: It was even more horrible than that documentary I saw on high heels in like the mid-90s, and that one permanently changed my thinking without a doubt. D:
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Jiggy37 said:
Wait, what?
crowphoenix
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Iam Canadian said:
:lol :lol :lol
Jiggy sure is an enigma.
No, seriously, there was some documentary or other (or maybe it was just a news report, I don't know) about high heels, and they showed, like, X-ray scans of what happened to people who wore them too often or too high, so they had like these freaking hideous permanently deformed bones in their feet with toes shaped like talons. And even if they had just stopped at that, I would have freaked out, but then they showed the actual foot. D: Oh, and then there are people who go to cosmetic surgeons and have parts of their toe bones cut and replaced with surgical stuff so that they can fit into heels better. It's all rather frightening.
And to bring this back on topic, this is why I will never be using Peach even though she's a really strong Smash Bros. character. And why even though my taunt for Zelda will be something like "Power of flats!" as a joke, there's actually a deeply-rooted and deadly serious thought process behind it all.
Edit: Of course, I may have been more strongly affected than most because I saw this thing on TV when I was like 11 or 12, I don't know. Maybe it's like Itoi's inspiration for Giygas where it stuck more strongly with me for that reason?
And to bring this back on topic, this is why I will never be using Peach even though she's a really strong Smash Bros. character. And why even though my taunt for Zelda will be something like "Power of flats!" as a joke, there's actually a deeply-rooted and deadly serious thought process behind it all.
Edit: Of course, I may have been more strongly affected than most because I saw this thing on TV when I was like 11 or 12, I don't know. Maybe it's like Itoi's inspiration for Giygas where it stuck more strongly with me for that reason?
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Jiggy37 said:
Ummmm....
Oooooooookay, then...
That's really, really disturbing.
Jiggy37 said:
I guess that would explain why you were so ecstatic that Zelda wore flat boots. >_>
Seriously, though, that may be the most surreal post I've ever read on GAF.
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Jiggy37 said:
That could very well be the case. Stuff you see at that age probably would affect you more deeply than if you saw it when you were older.
Because I think it's fairly common knowledge that high heels are not good from a health perspective, but you seem especially serious about it, even though it technically doesn't affect you.
crowphoenix
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Iam Canadian said:
So, wait. What was Itoi's inspiration for Giygas? I swear I'm going to see what Earthbound is all about if Nintendo ever puts it up on the VC.
Oh, actually it does affect me. You see, every time some girl complains to me about her shoes, it annoys me because all I can think is that she chose to wear them herself and is being a hypocrite. For this very reason, high heels should actually be called "hypocrisy trainers" as a contrast to how some athletic shoes are called cross trainers.Iam Canadian said:
On that note, I'm getting seriously off-topic, so I'll go no further than this for now. >_>
Edit: Itoi's inspiration for Giygas was that when he was young he accidentally walked into a theater showing a rape scene in an adult movie, and even though he couldn't quite understand what he was seeing, he was able to figure out that it was horribly wrong. So Giygas ends up both looking and speaking like some deformed entity somehow simultaneously incomprehensible and frightening.
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crowphoenix said:
Wikipedia said:
Puts some of Giygas' lines in a new and very disturbing context.
crowphoenix
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Whoa... Yeah, that is rough right there. I'll have to remember that when I get to Giygas.
I'm going to keep predicting Luigi or Jigglypuff until one of them shows. Last night I called Luigi; tonight I call Jigglypuff.
On another note, I've read all of my section, posts 55,001-60,000, except of course for the part that hasn't actually happened yet. Thread finale will be enormous, although I might have been more generous in what I was willing to quote than most. >_> If that turns out to be the case, I'll parody myself and give myself the award for Archivist Most Interested in Minor Posts. And whoever digs up the least quotes from their section will be the Most-Focused Archivist or something like that.
On another note, I've read all of my section, posts 55,001-60,000, except of course for the part that hasn't actually happened yet. Thread finale will be enormous, although I might have been more generous in what I was willing to quote than most. >_> If that turns out to be the case, I'll parody myself and give myself the award for Archivist Most Interested in Minor Posts. And whoever digs up the least quotes from their section will be the Most-Focused Archivist or something like that.
Keru_Shiri
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Any predictions on who will nab the coveted 60kth post?
Dojo Thread Finale Quote Hunt progress update:
Posts 10,001-12,500: Danthrax
Posts 12,501-15,000: scottnak
Posts 15,001-17,500: Syth_Blade22
Posts 17,501-20,000: Iam Canadian
Posts 20,001-22,500: Man God
Posts 22,501-25,000: RoboPlato
Posts 25,001-27,500: Keru_Shiri
Posts 27,501-30,000: crowphoenix
Posts 30,001-32,500: Cerebral Assassin
Posts 32,501-35,000: NickP786
Posts 35,001-37,500: Fenix
Posts 37,501-40,000: possibly reserved for Iam Canadian?
Posts 40,001-42,500: Guled
...
Posts 55,001-60,000: Jiggy37 (except for the parts of that that don't exist yet)
Strikethroughs are fully-read-through sections.
Oh yeah. Don't be afraid to pull "too many" quotes from your section or worry too much about whether they're worthy enough... They're your sections for a reason, so your tastes can reflect that.
Just take anything that peaks your interest. If you like a post, there's probably at least a good twenty other lurkers or posters (considering the millions of views this thread has) who share similar enough taste to like it too, I'm guessing.
Edit: Even if you end up pulling like 300 quotes out of 2,500 posts, I don't know, I'll just share them with everybody else and we can vote on the top 50 or something. >_>
Posts 10,001-12,500: Danthrax
Posts 12,501-15,000: scottnak
Posts 15,001-17,500: Syth_Blade22
Posts 17,501-20,000: Iam Canadian
Posts 20,001-22,500: Man God
Posts 22,501-25,000: RoboPlato
Posts 27,501-30,000: crowphoenix
Posts 30,001-32,500: Cerebral Assassin
Posts 32,501-35,000: NickP786
Posts 35,001-37,500: Fenix
Posts 37,501-40,000: possibly reserved for Iam Canadian?
Posts 40,001-42,500: Guled
...
Strikethroughs are fully-read-through sections.
Oh yeah. Don't be afraid to pull "too many" quotes from your section or worry too much about whether they're worthy enough... They're your sections for a reason, so your tastes can reflect that.
Just take anything that peaks your interest. If you like a post, there's probably at least a good twenty other lurkers or posters (considering the millions of views this thread has) who share similar enough taste to like it too, I'm guessing.Edit: Even if you end up pulling like 300 quotes out of 2,500 posts, I don't know, I'll just share them with everybody else and we can vote on the top 50 or something. >_>
crowphoenix
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Dang, you guys are fast. Anyway, tonight is either Luigi or Marth. I'm leaning Marth, so I'll pick him.
There's no rush. I just have OCD about crossing stuff off lists immediately, lest I forget. >_>
Edit: Or adding to lists, for that matter. I mean, when I get Brawl, the first four things I'll do are go and type my purchase into my spreadsheet for gaming purchases, enter Brawl into my list of games that I haven't beaten, put it in my IGN collection, and register the My Nintendo code. Yep. I wouldn't have peace of mind if I didn't do these things!
Edit: Or adding to lists, for that matter. I mean, when I get Brawl, the first four things I'll do are go and type my purchase into my spreadsheet for gaming purchases, enter Brawl into my list of games that I haven't beaten, put it in my IGN collection, and register the My Nintendo code. Yep. I wouldn't have peace of mind if I didn't do these things!
crowphoenix
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Jiggy37 said:
Jigs, your OCD beats mine. :lol
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Yeah, Jiggy's beats my OCD as well.
He also seems to love 2D even more than I do, and I didn't even think that was possible.
Or, perhaps I should say, I'm (slightly) more accepting of 3D than he is. Whatever. >_>
Anyway, Jigster, I might not be able to get to my section until the weekend because I've got two tests on Friday. >_< Depending on how fast I get my first section done, I'll gladly take UP UNTIL NOW. I do want to do it, though.
He also seems to love 2D even more than I do, and I didn't even think that was possible.
Or, perhaps I should say, I'm (slightly) more accepting of 3D than he is. Whatever. >_>
Anyway, Jigster, I might not be able to get to my section until the weekend because I've got two tests on Friday. >_< Depending on how fast I get my first section done, I'll gladly take UP UNTIL NOW. I do want to do it, though.
I don't hate 3D as long as they're doing something worthwhile with it, such as rail shooting (2D aiming mechanic = auto-justified!), arcade racing (simpler gameplay than most 2D experiences = auto-justified!), a mixture of the two (see Star Fox 64!) or clothing customization (since it's easier to model several clothes than draw several sprites, I expect developers to use it!). I'm really, really picky. Really picky (obligatory parenthetical phrase requiring an exclamation point!).
As for OCD, actually I'm not entirely joking about it. >_> But I did forget the thing I'll do before I even do those first four things: I have to wash my hands simultaneously with the plastic wrap that the Brawl box comes in, because if the plastic wrap was dirty then it wouldn't matter if my hands were clean, because I'd touch the plastic wrap and my hands would get dirty again and then I'd touch the beautiful white Brawl box, and that would mess it up because it's white like that--which is not to say that I don't also do these things for DS cases and PSP cases even though they're not white, because I do, because I don't even want to mess up the clear plastic in which the inserts go.
Anyway, around 40 minutes to go until the update!
As for OCD, actually I'm not entirely joking about it. >_> But I did forget the thing I'll do before I even do those first four things: I have to wash my hands simultaneously with the plastic wrap that the Brawl box comes in, because if the plastic wrap was dirty then it wouldn't matter if my hands were clean, because I'd touch the plastic wrap and my hands would get dirty again and then I'd touch the beautiful white Brawl box, and that would mess it up because it's white like that--which is not to say that I don't also do these things for DS cases and PSP cases even though they're not white, because I do, because I don't even want to mess up the clear plastic in which the inserts go.
Anyway, around 40 minutes to go until the update!
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Jiggy37 said:
This seems as good a time as any to repost my own stance on 3D. I'm aware that I've made controversial statements about this third dimension of ours a few times, so here I just hope to set the record straight, lest you all think of me as a mindless fanboy.
I am not saying that 3D is universally bad. I actually like a good number of 3D series. I'm a Ratchet and Clank fan (you could say it's one of my "guilty pleasures"), I thought Mario Galaxy was phenomenal, I was as blown away as any of you were by Super Mario 64, I like Majora's Mask...I am not saying I hate 3D or that I want it to go away.
I just, in a general sense, prefer 2D gaming as a whole. My statements against 3D's domination of the industry is simply a reaction to the overall phasing out of 2D, which seems to have largely been relegated to handhelds, DLC, and the occasional Vanillaware game.
My ideal vision of the industry would include both 2D and 3D as equal components, each doing what they respectively do better. That being said, I do feel that there are certain genres that are generally better in 2D. Unless they're absolute miracles of game design like Mario Galaxy, 3D platformers rarely convey the precise action and elaborate jumping puzzles that 2D platformers do. The intensity of a shmup can be conveyed easier in 2D. The list goes on.
Some genres work equally well in 2D and 3D. When it comes to RPGs, there aren't actually many fundamental differences between RPGs in 2D and 3D, so it really comes down to personal preference. 3D RPGs can provide grander spectacle (as Square repeatedly shows us), but I prefer pixel art to polygons.
I'll even concede that some genres work better in 3D. Racing games, barring the occasional miracle like Uniracers, are horrible in 2D. Seriously, try playing Rad Racer sometime. Absolutely awful. And while I largely dislike them, I suppose sports games have benefited from the jump to the third dimension. Rail shooters would be basically impossible in 2D. What developers should be doing is allowing each dimension to play to their strengths.
Basically, my stance is this. Generally, I find games that are 2D more entertaining. I also believe that 2D graphics hold up about a quintillion times better than 3D graphics do over time. However, I accept 3D as part as the industry, I even like some 3D games. I just...prefer 2D. And I find it sad that 2D has been relegated to handhelds, DLC, and Flash game sludge. It's the exact reason why I fear the DS' successor. If it's powerful enough to capably handle 3D...well, there goes the last bastion of true 2D gaming right down the drain.
Wow, that's got to be my longest rant since that one I did about Mother 3. >_>
Jiggy37 said:
After spending the last six months or so reading your posts, Jiggy, I'm not even sure if you're joking.
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I'll predict "Falcon Punch!" for tonight!
:lolCreatureX3 said:
Jiggy, all them OCD Processes you have to go through... I fear for the rituals required in all the stats you do. Actually, I may think you might need to step awaaaay from the stats.
For your own good.
Nah, don't
Edit: Mmm. Lets go for some awesome music.
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CreatureX3 said:
The book that Captain Falcon is reading makes that comic go from a mild chuckle to a full out laugh.
grandjedi6
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I predict Roy's Our Boy Marth
For years, I've always imagined Falcon doing that: announcing the performance of mundane tasks with "FALCAWN" prefixed to it.
"FALCON WALK"
"FALCON EAT"
"FALCON BREATHE"
"FALCON THINK"
"FALCON SLEEP"
Just that mental picture of Cap. Falcon lying in bed, fully dressed, his eyes bulging open, shouting, "FALCAWWN SLEEEEEEP" constantly, is probably one of the few things that will almost always make me laugh.
"FALCON WALK"
"FALCON EAT"
"FALCON BREATHE"
"FALCON THINK"
"FALCON SLEEP"
Just that mental picture of Cap. Falcon lying in bed, fully dressed, his eyes bulging open, shouting, "FALCAWWN SLEEEEEEP" constantly, is probably one of the few things that will almost always make me laugh.
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"FALCON SEX"Crushed said:
:lol
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I've checked every language. Nothing yet.
The old Japan Time, she ain't what she used to be.
The old Japan Time, she ain't what she used to be.
Oh, yeah, for nearly all RPGs there's usually not even a difference between 2D or 3D in my mind; they're 2D games that just happen to have a 3D-looking interface. Actually, I often prefer them in 3D because they'll play the same while leaving the potential for clothing customization. Even if it's, like, Tales with free run (from Abyss on) it's still basically 2D in my mind. Same for 3D fighters, actually.Iam Canadian said:
I just tend to leave these disclaimers out, and these methods of labeling whereby any 3D games I happen to like actually become 2D games by my definitions (even though nobody else thinks of them as such), so that I come across as more of a joke 3D-hating character. Either that or because I'm forgetful. Think of it like a Choose Your Own Adventure book, and decide as you will.
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